Florence Butin, President of the Unified Patent Court of First Instance in Paris, discussed all things UPC during her speech at the IBA Conference, held in Paris last week. Leaders League brings you the thoughts of our reporter on site, Sophie Stevenard.
As the Unified Patent Court draws closer, WIPR sits down with Florence Butin, the president of the Court of First Instance to explore burning issues faced by practitioners and rights owners.
A new skills programme launched by the European Commission on 11 October, has the broad ambition to train one million people in deep tech fields over the next three years. The scheme is open to anyone from school children up to post-docs and company employees, and the definition of deep tech covers everything from advanced materials and biotechnology, to artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Last night the Unified Patent Court (UPC) published its long-awaited list of judge appointments for the new court system. The list does not only include the names of the judges of all.